Kala Bhuna

Name: Kala Bhuna
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Bangladeshi
Ingredients: 1kg beef, cubed; 4 onions, sliced; 3 tbsp mixed whole spices; 1/2 cup mustard oil

কালা ভুনা/KAH-lah BHOO-nah/

Also known as: Black Beef Curry

About this dish

Deeply browned, slow-cooked beef in a thick, dark spiced sauce, a Chittagong specialty.

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Ingredients

🥩1kg beef, cubed

🧅4 onions, sliced

🌿3 tbsp mixed whole spices

🫒1/2 cup mustard oil

Method

Serves 2

Marinate the beef in yogurt and spices for several hours.

Cook the beef slowly with sliced onion in mustard oil, stirring frequently.

Continue cooking over low heat for a long time until the sauce darkens and thickens significantly.

The dish is ready when the oil separates and the meat is deeply browned.

Serve with rice or paratha.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Kala bhuna is a specialty of Chittagong, known for its intensely dark color from long, slow cooking of spices and meat.

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